Norquist supposedly got the information from an advance proof of Jonathan Alter’s new book which comes out later this month. Also, according to Norquist, “tea bagger” is now the equivalent of “the n word.” Seriously.

I have no idea whether Obama really used the term, and frankly I don’t give a damn. I just think it’s so interesting that we have a newspaper that’s for sale and a book that’s for sale and along comes someone manufacturing a controversy over something the president may or may not have said. Cozy.

All of which reminded me of last September’s “OMG he said jackass!” fauxtroversy, and this most excellent response. In other words, when you raise a fuss over stupid shit, you make the entire country look foolish.

>They're whining. It's kinda funny really, as well as self-defeating.See, there's a difference between the n-word and "teabagger", and the young kids get it. "Teabagger" is a word the aristocracy invented for themselves cuz they're fundamentally stupid, not just in not checking the urban dictionary beforhand, but also because clothespinning teabags to the edge of your hat looks stupid. (There's also the historical note that the historical Tea Party Patriots were protesting tax-free tea … a tax cut given to the British East India company but not to American small businessman … but the history of that is not taught in our schools …).In contrast, the n-word was invented by the aristocracy to keep someone else down and its targets have the right to like it or to hate it.Every time an aristocracy-lover whines about being called "teabagger" another young voter bursts out laughing, and that can't be good for the aristocracy.